Tilting car.



A. PREUSSLER.

TIL'IING OAR.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 25. 1912.

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TILTING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 25, 1912.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST PREUSSLER, OF KLETTENIJORF, NEAR BRESLAU, GERMANY.

TILTING CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUs'r Pnnossnnn, a subject of the German Emperor,and resident of Klettendorf, near Breslau, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tilting Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tilting-car, the tiltingreceptacle of which is mounted on rollers and adapted to be laterallyshifted by means of a toothed gear ing on its bottom and at the sametime tilted.

The essence of the invention consists in that the side walls, withoutbeing connected with the end walls, are with their lower edges pivotedto the bottom plate in an easily disengageable way and by arms, whichengage the ends of their upper edges, are movably coupled with auxiliaryend walls which are rigidly fixed to the car frame, so that, upon thebottom connection being disengaged on the tilting side, thecorresponding side wall opens when tilting, while the other, swinging onits upper pivots, terms then an inclined plane which secures thereceptacle in its tilted position. Thus, an easy tilting is obtainedthereby while the danger of turning the car over is avoided.

The accompanying drawing shows the improved tilting-car.

Figure 1 is a side view of the car, and Fig. 2 a section on Fig. 1.

a is the bottom plate of the tilting receptacle a which rests on rollersc of the car frame (Z said bottom plate being strengthened' by beams ofand provided with toothed segments Z). l/Vith the latter gear toothedwheels 6, which are keyed on an axle f located in the longitudinal axisof the car Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 25, 1912.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913. Serial No. 727,674.

frame, so that by turning the crank g the receptacle can be put intilting position. The end walls a of the receptacle are rigidly fixed tothe bottom plate, while the lateral walls a without being connected withthe end walls, are connected in any easily disengageable way with thebottom plate by the engagement of bolt i with lugs 72 (Fig. 1) and atthe ends of their upper edges movably connected by arms K: with a pairof auxiliary end walls al fixed on the car frame (Z. Upon the bottomconnection it, 2' of the side wall facing the tilting side being disenaged by reversing the bolt lever i and the receptacle being tilted, thetilting side opens, while the other side wall. is, by the bottom, causedto form an inclined plane which forms an extension of the receptaclebottom and whereby the receptacle is secured in tilted position.

I claim:

In a tilting-car, the combination of a rolleranounted tiltingreceptacle, a toothed gearing to move same, end walls for saidreceptacles rigidly fixed to the bottom of same, side walls with theirlower edges pivoted in an easily disengageable way to the bottom plateof the receptacle, arms to engage the ends of the upper edges of saidside walls, and auxiliary end walls fixed on the car frame and connectedwith said arms, all for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AUGUST PREUSSLER.

lVitnesses SAM S. War/m, ERNST Bnnisor.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

